I know I loved reading the World Atlas of Golf. When I started working for Killian and Nugent, I was incensed when the book gave credit for remodelling Medinah for the 75 Open, when in fact, K and N did it. The story line, "George Fazio returns to where he lost a playoff" must have been too good to pass up, even if not true......
A Golf Digest article by HH Wind on design, and another one by Gary Player initially stirred my interest. Sadly, I have lost both articles. And sadder, newbies will only get "toilet reads" on golf design from the current issues of major golf magazines.